A Tale Of Two Rivers (Kickstarter Campaign)

It’s a deceptive beast, making a film. Because if you do it well, the result is an effortless and immersive experience. It totally engrosses the viewer. And it belies the amount of time and work that goes into its creation. The viewing experience can also somehow give the impression that a film emerges fully-formed from […]

This in-depth article is a post-mortem of 2015’s successful Kickstarter campaign for the A Tale Of Two Rivers film project. I’ll be looking at every element of the campaign – financial details included – and sharing some of the insights we learned along the way about running successful crowdfunding campaigns. The campaign aimed to raise post-production funds for two feature-length adventure films, […]

I’m up early this morning to begin working in earnest on two new film projects… which have just been successfully funded on Kickstarter! At the close of play last night, we’d raised the astonishing total of £26,329 – over 110% of our goal – to do this project properly. And that’s all thanks to the community […]

If you’re lucky enough to have a long weekend off for Easter, I hope you’ve got some fun things lined up for it! As it happens, Tenny and I are at a good friend’s wedding in Shropshire, England, and I’m dashing off this post while getting dressed up in a borrowed suit to pretend I’m a […]

We’re nearing the end of this long and exhausting journey. 12 days of intense campaigning have resulted in over £15,000 in micro-investments from more than 350 members of the adventure community! The show of support has been incredible for a project which is as much about questioning the status quo as about telling tales of adventure in […]

Kickstarter seems to have changed dramatically in the couple of years since I successfully crowdfunded Janapar. Back then it was the domain of creative eccentrics eager to launch passion projects that wouldn’t stand a chance of being funded in any other way. Through Kickstarter, they could reach out directly to like-minded people and ultimately create something that sidestepped […]

We’ve almost reached 25% of our funding goal in less than 4 days! 155 (and counting) of you absolute legends are responsible for this. Check it out here. This is an amazing effort by everyone – but we’ve still got a stupendously long way to go. In this post, I’d like to share some answers […]

“Will you continue travelling? And are you planning any more films?” These questions always came up after screenings of Janapar. And I always answered them… vaguely. I replied that I’d keep travelling regularly – but only while it remained relevant to my life. And I replied that I’d definitely consider making another film – but […]

Link: The Kickstarter campaign is live! Click here to see what’s happening. Welcome to today’s blog post. I’m just going to go ahead and casually announce the biggest and most ambitious creative project of my career to date. OK? OK. So… I sometimes describe myself, when pressed, as an adventure filmmaker. (Among other things.) And […]

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I’m a self-unemployed creative explorer, author and filmmaker, specialising in Armenia & the Caucasus. Here’s where I share my personal journey as a world traveller, storyteller and advocate for the outdoors. More »

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